Soon after winning what has been regarded as a watershed legal case for artists’ royalties rights, Kieran Hebden AKA Four Tet dropped Scythe Master, a reminder to why he’s widely considered a visionary in dance music. It was also a taste of things to come, with the promise of new
ambient / Bass / experimental / House / Tech House
On last year’s Agor, the much anticipated debut album from Lewis Roberts, AKA Koreless, the Welsh producer continued his pointillism-like approach to sound design and the qualities of the human voice. It was this approach that had turned him on to the radars of artists like FKA Twigs, with Lewis
Bass / experimental / industrial bass / post-club / retrowave / Synthwave
If you close your eyes while listening to Andrew Tuttle, chances are you’re about to be transported somewhere unexpected. The Australian producer and banjo player has carved out a distinct niche for himself, intersecting the conventions and motifs of country and folk Americana with immersive ambient electronica. In straddling these
Acoustic / ambient / country / Drone / electronica / Soundscapes
On 2018’s ZEBRA, Australian producer Alexis Georgopoulos, AKA Arp, crafted a record of considered, near immaculate psychtronica. Alongside a bevy of collaborators, Arp created an impressively detailed soundscape that traversed the planes between nature and science fiction. ZEBRA was an eclectic, sometimes transcendent, landscape of earthy drum loops, sunny keys,
Jessie Ware has shared a music video for her latest single, Free Yourself. The track, a continuation of Ware’s disco glam influenced sound, was first heard during her set at Glastonbury before receiving an official release last month. Free Yourself includes production credits from Stuart Price and Clarence Coffee Jr.
Disco / music news / music video / New Album / new video
Arca and Hood By Air’s Shayne Oliver have announced their debut album under the collaborative moniker, WENCH. Formed sometime in the mid-2000’s after Arca and Oliver connected at a GHE20G0TH1K party in New York, WENCH have thus far only released two mixtapes and two standalone singles. Titled Greatest Hits ‘88-’16,
A new music festival, CURRENTS, is set to take place in an abandoned power plant near Berlin on Saturday, October 8th. Curated by Romanian DJ and production duo Khidja, the festival is set to feature a lineup including Suzanne Ciani and Dopplereffekt. Significantly, CURRENTS claims to be one of the
Welcome to August, where remixes and new singles give us a further taste of things to come from some of the hottest artists in the game right now. We roundup our favourite of the week. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we
afrobeats / Alt-Pop / ambient / bubblegum bass / experimental / highlife / loops / Minimal
When we last spoke to Italian born producer and label head Davide Squillace, he showed no signs of slowing down. As one of the most in-demand tastemakers in the game right now, this remains true. Like Squillace, fellow Italian producer Santos is renowned for his game-changing work in tech house,
SoundCloud is set to lay off a significant number of its employees. According to an email acquired by both Billboard and Resident Advisor, the company plans to layoff nearly 20 percent of its total workforce. In the email, SoundCloud CEO Michael Weissman notes how, though difficult, the move is necessary
